Eid-ul-Adha…..[Skeleton Style]
…festival of Sacrifice…
…also the Greater Eid (2nd largest festival to the Muslims)…
-Source: Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him in his dream
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-not tempted by the devil he tried best to kill his son Ismail
-Subsequently, a lamb was swapped by Allah
-This sacrificial story is also found in the Jewish Torah and the Christian Old Testament (Genesis 22)
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-a public holiday in Muslim countries
-a sheep/goat/any other impeccable domestic animal fulfilling certain conditions is sacrificed
-In Britain, only killed at a slaughterhouse
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-meat shared among family, relatives/friends and the poor equally
…(firstly in the morning the prayers at Eidgaon with new dresses if possible)…
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Hajj/Pilgrimage performed at Makkah in Saudi Arabia once at least
(…5th Pillar of Islam…) only if he/she is solvent economically
-every year around 2 million Muslims from all over the world